[Slackbuilds-users] Does anyone have a problem with i3status (eg. wifi display)?

[Matthew Fillpot]

On Mar 30, 2013 12:22 PM, "Marcin Herda" <mherda at slackword.net> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> A user reported it to me that i3status does not display the wifi status
correctly (it shows: "W: down" although it is connected). The user solved
the problem by setting setuid bit on i3status. I cannot, however, reproduce
the error. I have tried it on 3 different machines running S14 and -current
and it works fine (ie. It does not require setuid on /usr/bin/i3status for
the wifi status to be displayed as intended).
>
> Has any of you encountered a similar problem?
>
> The i3status Makefile sets:
>
> setcap cap_net_admin=ep
>
> which, according to i3 developer/author, should suffice and so far has
been sufficient on my systems.
>
> Any feedback will be greatly appreciated.
>
> regards
> Marcin
>
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I have it on 4 machines and have not encountered that problem.
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